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It was also the occasion to find out about the work of the European Expert Group on Clusters, to give feedback in relaon to the priories of the European Commission and the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU and comment on challenges and opportunies. [...] The parcipants got the chance to vote for the Awards for the European Cluster Manager of the Year and fond out more about the European Cluster Partnerships of the Year. [...] He then became the First Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Deputy CEO, later the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Erste Bank in Ukraine. [...] Having worked in several leadership, advisory and research posions in consulng engineering companies, research instutes and public sector organisaons in the EU, Asia and the US, Mervi has extensive internaonal experience in the areas of the digital and green transformaon, innovaon capabilies and management, and innovaon and industrial policy analysis. [...] In addion, Krisna has several other prominent roles: • Vice-Chair of Business at the OECD Food and Agriculture Commitee; • The Chairwoman of the Labour, Social Policy and Human Resources Commitee at the Lithuanian Confederaon of Industrialists (the biggest associaon of bussiness in Lithuania); • The Chairwoman of the Agri - Food and Bioeconomy Commitee at the Lithuanian Associaon of Industrialists.